Is Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) safe?
Get Full Text Research sends article details, institution IDs, page URLs, and an installation ID to GetFTR servers.
When the extension detects DOI or article metadata, it posts document details and enabled institution identifiers to ext.prod.getft.io for entitlement checks. After entitlement results are returned, it sends an analytics event that can include the current page URL and a persistent installation ID.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itGetFTR - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
GetFTR - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.5.14. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
Store data in your browser
storage
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
React to what is on a page without reading the page
declarativeContent
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- ext.prod.getft.io
Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) sends data to ext.prod.getft.io. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.